· Four incident management teams remain in place across Texas helping to manage numerous uncontained large fires. The Southern Area Blue Team (Quisenberry) is based in Midland and is managing all fires in the southwestern part of the state. The Southern Area Red Team (Wilder) is managing the fires within the PK Complex in North Texas and the Florida State Red Team (Graham) is assisting with fire activity in East Texas. The TFS Lone Star State IMT (Hannemann/Bennett) in Merkel is managing all other areas of the state as well as providing oversight to the visiting teams.

· Since late January, when numerous aircraft were mobilized to Texas, more than 2,300 hours have been flown and nearly 4.2 million gallons of water and retardant have been dropped.

New large fires from Friday:

BAD GATE, Jasper County. 300 acres, unknown containment.The fire is burning in pine plantation 15 miles northeast of Beaumont. A helitanker and Type III helicopter are assisting on the fire.

Uncontained fires from previous days:

PK COMPLEX, Stephens and Palo Pinto Counties. 147,973 acres, 25 percent contained. 166 homes and two churches have been destroyed on this complex of four fires burning near Possum Kingdom Lake, Caddo, Strawn, and Bunger, which have all had evacuations. Texas Forest Service task forces, Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid (TIFMAS) resources, three helitankers and 3 Type III helicopters are assisting on the fire.

WILDCAT, Coke County. 159,308 acres, 75 percent contained. This fire is burning in tall grass north of San Angelo. More than 400 homes have been saved. The communities of Grape Creek, Quail Valley, Bronte, Robert Lee, Tennyson and Orient were threatened, but all evacuation orders have been lifted. The DC-10 heavy airtanker assisted on the fire Wednesday and was instrumental in stopping the spread of the fire to the east.

ROCKHOUSE, Presidio and Jeff Davis Counties. 204,565 acres, 75 percent contained. 23 homes and two commercial structures were destroyed in the Fort Davis area in the initial burning period. The Buffalo Trail Boy Scout Ranch remains threatened. Approximately 300 firefighters continue to work the fire burning in heavy brush and pinyon-juniper. A base camp for hundreds of firefighters has been set up at the Fort Davis State Park.

PIPELINE, Tyler County. 7,091 acres, 85 percent contained. Forty homes were threatened by this fire which is burning in pine plantation 10 miles Northeast of Kountze. Crews continue to mop up interior smokes.